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Issue #118 – Apprentices in Action
by L. Swift and Jeff McQ
Nigel Dean center with collaborating artist on the left, vocalist on the right.
Desiree Holiday, Recording Connection apprentice in Nashville, TN, discusses the virtues and peculiarities of the mic. “In my experience I have found micing an instrument is much like finding a good friend-we have to get along well, match in characteristics, agree on the intent of the relationship, and enhance each other’s positive qualities in order to create a beneficial experience….While practicing micing drums with my mentor, I achieved the desired goal and wanted to take a picture of the mics used and how I placed them. [Mentor] Mr. Web said, ‘Sure! Just remember you will never mic a drum set like that again, it will never be the same!’ A different drummer + a different drum set + a different environment and intent = a whole new party. Microphone choice and application really rides the subjective/objective line. There really is no right or wrong, no opinion better than the other, just whatever keeps the party going!”
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